To Well Up
To Gush Out, To Arise
intransitive verb, godan verb
The kanji itself means well up, and this is also to well up or to gush out.
Remember us talking about courage welling up in the kanji mnemonic? This word can also be used for that kind of figurative welling up, like of emotions, which is where the meaning to arise comes from.
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you:
You're fishing in a hole in the ice when suddenly the water starts to well up and to gush out of it. A huge walrus (わ) splashes out and jumps on you. No wonder there weren't any fish! This is a walrus hole.
急に湧く
to suddenly well up
無限に湧く
to spring up infinitely
自然に湧く
to well up naturally
水が湧く
water wells up
実感が湧く
something feels real, to fully realize something
疑問が湧く
questions spring up
イメージが湧く
to get an impression of something
興味が湧く
to get interested in something
へー、この辺って水が湧くんだね。
Oh, so there's spring water around here.
ようやく実感が湧いてきました。
It's finally starting to feel real.
急にパッとイメージが湧くこともあれば、中々いい案が思いつかないこともあります。
Sometimes a good idea will suddenly come to mind, while at other times it can be difficult to think of one.
悔し涙が湧きました。
Tears of bitter frustration welled up.